CHAPTER FIVE

ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP IN A STARTUP COMMUNITY

There are four key attributes to leadership in a startup community. The leaders must be inclusive. They must realize they are not playing a zero-sum game. They need to be mentorship driven and recognize the continual power of a mentor-mentee relationship. Finally, they must embrace porous boundaries. I’ll explore these in more detail in this chapter.

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